A marriage proposal ended with a smash in the Netherlands when a crane being used during the romantic affair collapsed onto the roof of a house leaving extensive damage, local media reported on Saturday (December 13).

A Dutch man and his girlfriend were being lowered by a crane into her garden when it fell through one of the many roofs within a long row of houses in the town of IJsselstein.

During emergency operations another crane attempted to lift the crashed crane from the roof but failed to do so, leaving it to crash for a second time in the same area of the roof, deepening the hole and worsening the damage.